Tag: development

December 13, 2013 0

Shaking the Cup for Science

By News Desk

UPDATE:  Fergus Brown joins the campaign Why should it matter? Because it is difficult enough to achieve public recognition of AGW without making a mess of the important work which lies at the heart of the science, as well as the public outreach. Because we need to know

November 11, 2013 0

Three words missing from the Caldeira/Emanuel/Hansen/Wigley letter supporting safer nuclear power

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Tweet The letter’s here , with the operative sentence "As climate and energy scientists concerned with global climate change, we are writing to urge you to advocate the development and deployment of safer nuclear energy systems." I would change the ending of that sentence to safer nuclear energy systems if fiscally prudent . I personally couldn’t support the letter as written just as I couldn’t support the reverse, a letter urging unqualified opposition to nuclear energy.

November 1, 2013 0

Hollande’s Tax Everything Plan Blows Sky High With Riots by Farmers; Hollande Backs Down on Ecotax, on a Tax on Savings, On Corporate Earnings;…

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Bloomerg reports Tax Revolts Hit Hollande as Farmers, Soccer Clubs Protest . French President Francois Hollande’s taxes, among the world’s highest, have made strange bedfellows out of the country’s soccer clubs and farmers in Brittany. Revolts against a series of levies have erupted with protests by farmers in Brittany against a trucking tax on Oct